Add or Update a Pain Event

Entering information on the Pain Event Window is a good deal of point, click, drag and drop. We've automated a lot of the data entry for you. We define a pain as a pain event, which may include multiple feelings of pain in multiple areas of the body. For example, you may have experienced a sharp, stabbing pain in your left lower back which migrates and creates a burning sensation down the top of your left thigh.

To summarize how to enter a pain event:

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Choose the Body Section that is affected using the drop down box. Body Sections define the larger sections of the body.

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Choose the Body Part of that Section that is affected using the second drop down box. Body Parts are the smaller parts of the larger Body Section defined in step 1.

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Drag the Body Part from the left side of the window to the center body part box. Click here for more information on How To Drag & Drop. Use the Location Modifier to further elaborate on the location of your pain or if the pain travels.

4.   Enter the date and time of the event.

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Pain Type Descriptor: click to check an appropriate descriptor of the pain you are experiencing. If you can not find a good description, click the Other button. A descriptor box will appear and you can elaborate on the pain type.

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Pain Scale: choose a pain level number. Click to view the Pain Scale which describes the levels of pain.

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Suspected Cause: enter what you think might be a possible cause. For example, an injury of some sort, a chronic condition, reaction to medication, a disease, etc. Use this section to enter other relevant data. This information can be printed and given to a doctor or whoever may be treating you.

How to Drag & Drop
Once you have located the correct body part:

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Highlight the correct body part

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Hold the LEFT Mouse Button DOWN

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DRAG the body part to the Body Part box. You will see a line through a circle indicating that you can not yet drop any item yet. Continue to drag until you reach your destination. You will see a little dotted box when dropping is allowed.

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Release the mouse button at the correct location to DROP the body part name.

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You can DRAG & DROP over a previously filled Body Part and the newly dragged information will replace the previously dropped body part.

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Use the Location Modifier box to add your own additional descriptions.

For Your Reference - Body Views
There are six available views of the human body for your reference. These may be helpful in understanding or defining a symptom or pain. The views include a skeleton with the appropriate names, the body's main muscle structures front and back, the body's organs and the nervous system.

Click on each tab to view the diagram and click the CLOSE button to return.

Pain Scale


Buttons and Keys

OK Button Accept data and closes the window Cancel Button Cancel operation; restores original information Help Button See Help Window